"Stevie Wonder Stevland Hardaway Morris (""né"" Judkins; born May 13, 1950), better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. A child prodigy, Wonder is considered to be one of the most critically and commercially successful musical performers of the late 20th century. Wonder signed with Motown's Tamla label at the age of 11, and he continued performing and recording for Motown into the 2010s. He has been blind since shortly after his birth. Among Wonder's works are singles such as ""Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours"", ""Superstition"", ""Sir Duke"", ""You Are"
"Sting (musician) Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (born 2 October 1951), known as Sting, is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and actor. He was the principal songwriter, lead singer, and bassist for the new wave rock band the Police from 1977 to 1984, and launched a solo career in 1985. He has included elements of rock, jazz, reggae, classical, new-age and worldbeat in his music. As a solo musician and a member of the Police, he has received 16 Grammy Awards, including Song of the Year for ”Every Breath You Take”, three Brit Awards, including Best British Male in 1994 and"
"dream. I and a growing number of people believe that it is time for our country to adopt legislation that will make January 15, Martin Luther King's birthday, a national holiday, both in recognition of what he achieved and as a reminder of the distance which still has to be traveled. Join me in the observance of January 15, 1981 as a national holiday. Stevland Morris a/k/a Stevie Wonder To the right of this text is a thumbprint, presumably Stevie Wonder's (Stevland Morris's), serving as his signature. On the other side of the sleeve is a collage of five historical"
"include Sting, Salif Keita, Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Jonathan Davis of Korn, Jon Anderson, Trudie Styler, Angelique Kidjo, Richard Bona, Yungchen Lhamo, Dadawa, Robert Downey, Jr., Sinéad O'Connor, Serj Tankian, Alex Ebert and, via an archival recording, Jim Morrison. Jonathan Elias Jonathan Elias (born 1956) is an American composer, record producer, and musician best known for his film soundtracks, production for several pop and rock acts, and his award-winning advertising music. Elias was born in New York City in 1956. He started playing piano at the age of six, and was composing his own music by twelve, inspired in"
"With Stevie Wonder Cited sources Other sources Greg Phillinganes Gregory Arthur ""Greg"" Phillinganes (born May 12, 1956) is an American keyboardist, singer-songwriter, and musical director based in Los Angeles, California, U.S. A prolific session musician, Phillinganes has contributed keyboard tracks to numerous albums representing a broad array of artists and genres. He has toured with notable artists, such as Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, David Gilmour and Toto, served as musical director for Michael Jackson, and has released two solo studio albums. Gregory Arthur Phillinganes was born on May 12, 1956, in Detroit, Michigan. He began playing a neighbor's piano by"
"Jill Scott. In 2014 and 2015 he performed with Stevie Wonder again in the Songs in the Key of Life Tour, also serving ""as the tour's Music Director."" He toured with the European leg of David Gilmour's Rattle That Lock tour. Phillinganes ""won a 2015 Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction for his role as musical director for the television special ""Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key Of Life"" and was music director for the 2016 Grammy Awards. Solo With Michael Jackson With Earth, Wind & Fire With The Jacksons With Toto With Donald Byrd With Eric Clapton"
"Stevie J Steven Aaron Jordan (born November 2, 1971), better known by his stage name Stevie J, is an American DJ, record producer, and television personality. One of the more successful record producers of the mid-to-late 1990s, Jordan won a 1997 Grammy Award for his work on Puff Daddy's debut album ""No Way Out"" and produced for a number of artists including Mariah Carey, Tevin Campbell, The Notorious B.I.G., 112, Jodeci, Faith Evans, Jay-Z, and Eve. Steven Aaron Jordan was born on November 2, 1971 in Buffalo, New York to Moses Jordan and Penny Daniels. Jordan was raised in Rochester,"
"Stevie Wonder and Stravinsky, emigrated with his family from England to America when he was 11 years of age. Initially moving to New York City, a few years later the MacMahons moved again, eventually settling in Wichita, Kansas. McMahon was only 16 years of age at the time. Despite his young age, McMahon, together with his band, The Strangers, recorded one single (""Don't Ever Leave Me"") before disbanding. After The Strangers disbanded, McMahon moved to Boulder, Colorado and took a job arranging classes at the University. In 1971 however, McMahon moved to New York to pursue a performing career. His"
"Sting (wrestler) Steve Borden (born March 20, 1959), better known by the ring name Sting, is an American retired professional wrestler, actor, author and former bodybuilder. He is currently signed with WWE under a Legends contract. Sting is known for his time spent as the public face of two major professional wrestling promotions: the now-defunct World Championship Wrestling (WCW), which displaced the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) as the leading professional wrestling organization in the United States from 1995 to 1998, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Borden is regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all"
"Monday in January of each year, was held on January 20, 1986, and was commemorated with a large-scale concert, where Stevie Wonder was the headlining performer. Although the single failed to reach the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, it charted on the R&B chart, and it became one of Wonder's biggest hits in the UK, reaching No.2 in the charts in August 1981. Wonder also performed this song at the Diamond Jubilee Concert in London for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. Happy Birthday (Stevie Wonder song) ""Happy Birthday"" is a 1981 single written, produced and performed by Stevie Wonder for the"
"Thing, McFly, G4, Il Divo, Duel, Zizi Possi, Michael Civisca, José Cura, Slava, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Robbie Williams, Westlife, Samantha Mumba, and Izzy Cooper. Paul McCartney, Boyzone, Eternal, Michael Ball, Jane McDonald, Tony Banks (musician), Sarah Brightman, Björk, Misia, Pharoah Sanders, Milton Nascimento, Manic Street Preachers, Massive Attack and Sting (a solo track for the CD 20th Century Blues). Legend of Bhagat Singh, Life of David Gale, The Four Feathers, Die Another Day, The 25th Hour, Ghost Ship, Nicholas Nickleby, Cold Mountain, Troy, Shrek 2, Bridget Jones, Shark Tale, Alfie, Enduring Love, Sahara, Batman Begins, Fragile, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,"
"Hobbs, broadcast 3/9/05 Wevie Stonder Wevie Stonder is an absurdist electronic music collective. Their name is a spoonerism of the name of musician Stevie Wonder. Wevie Stonder began in 1979, at the age of 6 years old, by recording a group of chickens down an old army telephone into a tape recorder, and playing it back while hitting a 4 string guitar and a biscuit tin. On Skam Records On Sonig (as Wevie De Crepon) On CACK Records Remixes: Radio Sessions: BBC Radio 3 - ""Mixing it"" hosted by Robert Sandall and Mark Russell, broadcast 2/6/06 BBC Radio 1 -"
"gospel sanctified barrelhouse piano player, Arizona Dranes, was blind, as was Al Hibbler and Ray Charles, one of the most important figures in the creation of soul music. Art Tatum, commonly cited as the greatest jazz pianist of all time, was also almost blind. Stevie Wonder, who was blind from birth, has recorded more than thirty U.S. top ten hits and won twenty-two Grammy Awards (the most ever won by a solo artist in history). However, blind black musicians are still most strongly associated with the country blues. The first successful male country blues performer, Blind Lemon Jefferson was blind,"
"Frankie Paul Paul Blake (19 October 1965 – 18 May 2017), better known as Frankie Paul, was a Jamaican dancehall reggae artist. Born blind, he has been dubbed by some 'The Jamaican Stevie Wonder'. Born in Jamaica in 1965, Blake was born blind but as a child had his sight partially restored by an operation on a hospital ship. He sang for, and impressed Stevie Wonder when Wonder visited the school that Blake attended, prompting him to pursue a singing career. Adopting the stage name Frankie Paul, he first found fame in the early 1980s, and he recorded prolifically throughout"
"and ""Killing Me Softly"". Both were # 1 hits on the pop charts and she became the first artist and the only female artist to win back to back Grammy Awards for Record of the Year. Stevie Wonder who topped the charts five times during the decade with songs such as ""You Are the Sunshine of My Life"" and ""Sir Duke"" had a unique treble. He won Grammy Awards for both best male Pop and R & B vocal performance in 1974, 1975, and 1977. The Jackson 5 became one of the biggest pop-music phenomena of the 1970s, playing from"
"a guest performance by Pitbull and the music video featuring Russian model Anita Sikorska. On September 30, 2011, Hill was arrested by Springfield, Massachusetts police officers after his concert in MassMutual Center in Massachusetts due to him owing $420,000 in unpaid child support. Sources: U.S.: ""Billboard"" Hot 100, U.S. Dance: Hot Dance Club Play Stevie B Stevie B (born Steven Bernard Hill, April 19, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer, who was influential in the freestyle and Hi-NRG dance music scene of the late 1980s, mostly in Miami. Stevie B is perhaps best known for his 1990"
"on March 17, 2016. He was 73. Differs from 1972 release in that one new track was added and all other tracks were remixed. Steve Young (musician) Steve Young (July 12, 1942 – March 17, 2016) was an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist, known for his song ""Seven Bridges Road"" (on ""Rock Salt & Nails"" & ""Seven Bridges Road""). He was a pioneer of the country rock, Americana, and alternative country sounds, and also a vital force behind the ""outlaw movement"" that gave support to the careers of Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams, Jr. and more. Young was also"
"TV issue, mentioning the top composers in the world. Currently, of Atle is concentrating on a new personal music album and project, ""Future Sound of Østerdalen"" with his deceased great-grandfather, Ingulf Bakken, a recording which also features Wyclef Jean, Andy Summers and others. He is also involved with projects for Castle Entertainment in the US and Europe, Sony Music and EMI Music Japan (Asia). Atle Bakken Atle Bakken (born 7 March 1970 in Sandefjord, Norway), is a composer, performer and producer from Norway, known on both sides of the Atlantic, through his work with Stevie Wonder, Sting, Diana Ross, Andy"
"Happy Birthday (Stevie Wonder song) ""Happy Birthday"" is a 1981 single written, produced and performed by Stevie Wonder for the Motown label. Wonder, a social activist, was one of the main figures in the campaign to have the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. become a national holiday, and created this single to make the cause known. Besides being released as a single, the song also appears on Wonder's album ""Hotter Than July"". The song, one of many of Wonder's songs to feature the use of a keyboard synthesizer, features Wonder lamenting the fact that anyone would oppose the idea"
"style that makes him sound much older. It's the sheer exuberance of his best performances that give away his youthfulness, and his two London appearances have been joyous occasions."" - ""NME"" (4 May 1985) Frankie Paul Paul Blake (19 October 1965 – 18 May 2017), better known as Frankie Paul, was a Jamaican dancehall reggae artist. Born blind, he has been dubbed by some 'The Jamaican Stevie Wonder'. Born in Jamaica in 1965, Blake was born blind but as a child had his sight partially restored by an operation on a hospital ship. He sang for, and impressed Stevie Wonder"
"Wevie Stonder Wevie Stonder is an absurdist electronic music collective. Their name is a spoonerism of the name of musician Stevie Wonder. Wevie Stonder began in 1979, at the age of 6 years old, by recording a group of chickens down an old army telephone into a tape recorder, and playing it back while hitting a 4 string guitar and a biscuit tin. On Skam Records On Sonig (as Wevie De Crepon) On CACK Records Remixes: Radio Sessions: BBC Radio 3 - ""Mixing it"" hosted by Robert Sandall and Mark Russell, broadcast 2/6/06 BBC Radio 1 - ""Breezeblock"" Mary Anne"
"a journalist called him Gordon, to which he replied, ""My children call me Sting, my mother calls me Sting, who is this Gordon character?"" In 2011, he told ""Time"" that ""I was never called Gordon. You could shout 'Gordon' in the street and I would just move out of your way."" In January 1977, Sting moved from Newcastle to London and joined Stewart Copeland and Henry Padovani (soon replaced by Andy Summers) to form the Police. From 1978 to 1983 they had five UK chart-topping albums, won six Grammy Awards, and two Brit Awards; for Best British Group, and for"
"by Spectrum Music as part of the Merry Christmas collection. Someday at Christmas Someday at Christmas is a Christmas album by Stevie Wonder, released on November 27, 1967 under Motown Records. It was his eighth studio album release. The album re-released in 1978 with different cover art and different catalog number (Original 1967 catalog: T-281, 1978 reissue: T7-362 R1). ""Someday at Christmas"" was re-released as part of Universal Music's Christmas Edition of their successful 20th Century Masters series in 2003 with additional tracks. The title song was previously released as a single in 1966 and reached #24 on the ""Billboard"""
"Sterling Campbell Sterling Campbell (born May 3, 1964), is an American musician and songwriter who has worked with numerous high-profile acts, including The B-52s, Duran Duran, Soul Asylum, Cyndi Lauper, Gustavo Cerati and David Bowie. Campbell was born and raised in New York City, in an African American family with five older brothers, all of whom enjoyed music from funk and Motown, to rock and beyond, where he began learning to play the drums at age eleven. When he was fourteen years old, then-drummer in David Bowie's backing band, Dennis Davis, moved into the apartment building where Campbell's family resided."
"the Allstars Stevie Wright Stephen Carlton Wright (20 December 1947 – 27 December 2015), formerly billed as Little Stevie, was an English-born musician and songwriter who has been called Australia's first international pop star. During 1964–69 he was lead singer of Sydney-based rock and roll band the Easybeats, widely regarded as the greatest Australian pop band of the 1960s. Early hits for the Easybeats were co-written by Wright with bandmate George Young, including, ""She's So Fine"" (No. 3, 1965), ""Wedding Ring"" (No. 7, 1965), ""Women (Make You Feel Alright)"" (No. 4, 1966), ""Come and See Her"" (No. 3, 1966), ""I'll"
"to grow each year, but the list includes Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ray Charles, B.B. King, Willie Nelson, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Al Green, John Prine, James Brown, Bob Dylan, Black Crowes, Van Morrison, Dave Matthews Band, Widespread Panic, Foo Fighters, The Killers, Snoop Dogg, Kid Rock, John Mayer, Journey, Nelly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Steely Dan, Allman Brothers, Santana, James Taylor, Bobby ""Blue"" Bland, Korn, The Avett Brothers, Mumford & Sons, Kings of Leon, Soundgarden, Wiz Khalifa, Jane's Addiction, Chuck Berry, The Black Keys, Avenged Sevenfold, Alabama Shakes, Lenny Kravitz, Ed Sheeran, Neil Young, Beck, Paul Simon, Ziggy Marley, Sturgill Simpson, Aretha Franklin,"
"Stig Anderson Stig Erik Leopold Anderson (25 January 1931 – 12 September 1997) better known as Stikkan Anderson, was a Swedish music manager, lyricist and music publisher who was the co-founder of Polar Music, and best known for managing the Swedish pop band ABBA. Stig Anderson was born on 25 January 1931 in Hova, Sweden, the son of a single mother named Ester. Anderson began his career as a chemistry and mathematics teacher at a primary school, by taking night classes after leaving school at the age of 15. Having written his first song at age 16, Anderson soon entered"
"relationship. Wilson died on September 27, 2012 in Duarte, California after a long battle with prostate cancer, he was 71 years old. Frank Wilson (musician) Frank Edward Wilson (December 5, 1940 – September 27, 2012) was an American songwriter, singer and record producer for Motown Records. In 1965, Berry Gordy asked the producers Hal Davis and Marc Gordon to set up an office of Motown in Los Angeles. Wilson accepted an offer to join the team. In December 1965, ""Stevie"" by Patrice Holloway (V.I.P. 25001) was the first single released from the West Coast operation and featured Wilson in the"
"Wonder. His producing credits include albums by Brazilian artists Djavan, Guilherme Arantes and Pepeu Gomes. Foster was the musical director for ""Smokey Robinson Presents: Human Nature"" which appeared at The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas from 2009–2015. With Chet Atkins With George Benson With Chayanne With Grant Green With The Jacksons With Robbie Robertson With Stanley Turrentine With Stevie Wonder With Grover Washington Jr. Ronnie Foster Ronnie Foster (born May 12, 1950) is an American funk and soul-jazz organist, and record producer. His albums recorded for Blue Note Records in the 1970s have gained a cult following after"
"Zarm on the 1990s television show ""Captain Planet and the Planeteers"". In 1989 he starred as Macheath (Mack the Knife) in John Dexter's Broadway production of ""The Threepenny Opera"". Sting also appeared as himself in the video game ""Guitar Hero World Tour"". Sting (musician) Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (born 2 October 1951), known as Sting, is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and actor. He was the principal songwriter, lead singer, and bassist for the new wave rock band the Police from 1977 to 1984, and launched a solo career in 1985. He has included elements of rock, jazz, reggae, classical,"
"multi-platinum Dutch artist Ilse DeLange (top 10 hit “Beautiful Distraction”), multi-platinum Canadian artist Doc Walker (top 10 hit “Put it Into Drive”), Richie McDonald of Lonestar (title track of Dove nominated album I Turn To You), multi-platinum South Korean artist Cho Yong Pil, multi-platinum Dutch artist Waylon (top 5 hit “Hey”), Sandi Patty, Ronan Tynan, Teitur, Three Graces, Sasha and Shawna, Amie Miriello, Toby Lightman, Chelsea Lee, Ben’s Brother, the multi-platinum Spanish artist Luz Casal, multi-platinum Australian artist Christine Anu, multi-platinum German artist Harmut Engler, and platinum Norwegian artist Torstein Sodal. Jeff Cohen (songwriter) Jeff Cohen (born January 28, 1966)"
"were Stevie Wonder's parents. Marvin Gaye lived a few blocks away, so did members of the Four Tops and other Motown artists. At that time the influence of Motown was widely felt. His father and Stevie were great Influences on him. His first real gig was with Richard Groove Holmes. Grant Green Jr. went on to play with other greats such as Leon Thomas, Reuben Wilson, Jimmy McGriff, Lou Donaldson, and Dr Lonnie Smith among others. He continues to record and perform. With Reuben Wilson With The Godfathers of Groove (Reuben Wilson/Bernard Purdie/Grant Green Jr.) Grant Green Jr. Grant Green"
"countless times in different lists of the greatest albums of all time. In his ""Rock & Roll Review: A Guide to Good Rock"" (1991), Bill Shapiro wrote ""This recording represents the pinnacle of a very important artist's career, and of his physically blind, but nonetheless extraordinary humane vision. For all intents and purposes, and for all of its richness and variety of texture, it is essentially ""all"" Stevie Wonder. He personally created and arranged every sound heard. His canvas stretches from the tough realities of ghetto streets to the transcendent joy of spiritual acceptance, each rendered with an original, unique"